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“At-will” employment opinion vacated, issue certified to SCOTX

The Court vacated its earlier panel opinion in Sawyer v. du Pont, which rejected claims of fraudulent inducement by employees who the Court concluded were “at-will.” The issue of whether at-will employees can bring such claims (which here, also involves the application of a notice provision in the employees’ CBA with their employer), has now been certified to the Texas Supreme Court. No. 11-40454 (July 27, 2012). The Texas Lawyer Blog has some interesting insight on the procedural history of this ruling.

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